I’ve been a fan of the Like a Dragon/Yakuza series for longer than I’ve been a “professional” writer now. Having gotten into the series around 2010 when the original Yakuza 3 was released, I was always stunned by how nobody spoke about the general quality of these games. Sega and…
In a rather brief Nintendo Direct today, Nintendo unveiled the first trailer for the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Showcasing the general look and vibe that the film will have, the trailer confirmed two new characters who will be showing up: Rosalina and Bowser Jr. Rumored for a little over…
It’s finally here! The very first trailer for the Super Mario Galaxy movie has officially arrived! If you missed this morning’s Nintendo Direct, we learned that the film will feature both Rosalina and Bowser Jr., voiced by Brie Larson and Benny Safdie, respectively. The film is set to drop in…
I’ve been a fan of the Like a Dragon/Yakuza series for longer than I’ve been a “professional” writer now. Having gotten into the series around 2010 when the original Yakuza 3 was released, I was always stunned by how nobody spoke about the general quality of these games. Sega and…
The most surprising hit-game of 2022 was none other than PowerWash Simulator. As the name would imply, it’s a “simulation” game where players powerwash things. That’s the entire elevator pitch, and the game never did anything to stray from that design ethos. It was mixed with some convoluted lore regarding…
Atari and Digital Eclipse’s Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection is a klassic kompilation that documents the gratuitously violent fighting franchise’s meteoric rise to blockbuster status from Midway to NetherRealm Studios. If you’re here for the entertaining scrappy story about four young Chicago upstarts creating one of video gaming’s most recognizable marquee…
Pokémon games’ adherence to the established formula is something I’ve come to hold against the series. What that formula is has some growth behind it, but it’s when it plays with convention that we see the best results. That’s why I liked Legends Arceus so much — a game set…
A Long Overdue Confession I have a confession to make, dear reader… one I’ve never spoken aloud in good company, and one that honestly shames me as a lifelong Final Fantasy fan. Alright, here we go… I have never really played the Final Fantasy Tactics series until now. That’s…
Just last year we were treated to a remake of one of the most important and influential RPGs of all-time, Dragon Quest III. Remade in the HD-2D style that Square Enix has zeroed in on for several remakes and original RPGs, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake looked stunning. This year,…
While I’ve always had a very good relationship with my mother over the years, one of the first times I can remember bonding with her over a video game was in in the early 00’s with PopCap’s Zuma. She loved the games PopCap was making, and despite the moniker of…
Remakes of games can be a touchy subject. The line between preserving all that’s loved from the original and tainting its legacy is a thin one. Factor in a more contemporary hit to build off of though? Now that makes things easier, and ideally leaves us with something like Persona…
The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
Just over three weeks ago I began a review-in-progress of Hollow Knight: Silksong after having spent a little under ten hours playing. In the time since I’ve spent over 70 more hours with it, exploring far and wide across Pharloom. I’ve discovered a plethora of hidden areas and collectibles, fought…
Not only is Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds a dark horse rising to take on some massive kart racing competition, it’s more than up to the task. As the first fully cross-platform kart racer (the game is on everything from PlayStation 4 to Switch 2), it takes pole position as the most…
The original Pac-Man World 2 was Pac-Man’s first real jump to moving completely in 3D. Where the original Pac-Man World on PlayStation stuck to a 2D plane that could be navigated between a foreground and background, Pac-Man World 2 adopted a contemporary behind-the-back camera perspective and took Pac-Man to literal…
